Kerkhoff Lab, Summer 2020

Kenyon College


Biomes in North and South America

Figure 1. Map of North and South American biomes.



Beta Diversity Plots by Biome


Figure 2. Species turnover (β-diversity) values of 100 km by 100 km raster cells in each biome for all bryophyte orders. Circles represent outliers.



Range Size Plots by Biome


Figure 3. Range sizes of all bryophyte species measured by the number of 100 km by 100 km of raster cells containing any given species, grouped by biome. Circles represent outliers.



Alpha Diversity by Order, Split into Biomes

Orders with Maximum Alpha Diversity < 10


Figure 4. Richness (α-diversity) values of raster cells in each biome for bryophyte orders with a maximum richness value between 25 and 100. Circles represent outliers.



Orders with Maximum Alpha Diversity between 10 and 25


Figure 5. Richness (α-diversity) values of raster cells in each biome for bryophyte orders with a maximum richness value between 10 and 25. Circles represent outliers.



Orders with Maximum Alpha Diversity between 25 and 100


Figure 6. Richness (α-diversity) values of raster cells in each biome for bryophyte orders with a maximum richness value below 10. Circles represent outliers.



Orders with Maximum Alpha Diversity > 100


Figure 1. Map of North and South American biomes.



Circle Plots

Species richness for each order, grouped by biome

All bryophyte orders

Figure 7. Relative contributions of the number of species in each bryophyte order to the total number of species present in each biome.



Moss orders only

Figure 8. Relative contributions of the number of species in each moss order to the total number of species present in each biome.